Kerr reveals funny SGA -Placing to Thunder Coach in Warriors’ victory

Kerr reveals funny SGA -Placing to Thunder Coach in Warriors’ victory originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

NBA trainers around the league have not yet cracked the code on how to stop Oklahoma City Thunder Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

So Warrior’s coach Steve Kerr kept his approach simple Wednesday night by going directly to SGA’s enabler.

“I don’t know what to do with Shai. I asked (Thunder Coach) Mark (DaigneAult) at one point to just leave him on the bench for a few minutes more. He did not comply, ”Kerr journalists told Golden State’s 116-109 win in Chase Center. “I think Shai came back as 10 minutes back in the fourth, and I looked down at Mark like,” can’t you give him two minutes to? It would be really useful to us. ‘And he just laughed.

“It chooses your married to him. The good thing for us down the stretch is that we had the lead, so we didn’t mind giving up the 2s. We just didn’t want to flash or send a double team on him and risk giving up open 3s. But it’s easier to do it when you have the lead, and that’s what the third quarter allowed us to get back in the game and we didn’t have to start crawling on Shai. “

Gilgeous-Alexander had 21 of Oklahoma City’s 34 points in the opening quarter. He was well on his way to match or surpass the career mound, he put just a week before when he fell 54 points against Utah Jazz.

The NBA MVP-FroneTrunner was only two points shy and ended with 52 points on 16-of-29 shooting from the field and 18 of 21 from the free throwing line with three rebounds, four assists and a steal of 39 minutes. Kerr’s defensive scheme of letting Gilgeous-Alexander do his things while trying to limit weapons around him who worked.

Gilgeous-Alexander’s partner-in-crime Jalen Williams contributed 26 points. The rest of the OKCS starters combined to 10 points.

So while Kerr’s plot about convincing DaigneAult to rest his superstar a little longer, the Warriors coach’s defensive approach did not fall just enough to waste Gilgeous Alexanders 50 burger.

To defeat the hottest team at the western conference was exactly what Warriors needed in unsafe timesAnd that should give them boosted They have longed for as they start the second half of the NBA season 2024-25.

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